Carton



M. s. M CGURN.

. CARTON.

Patented July 5, 1921;

2 SHEETS SHEET l- NI. S. MQGURN.

CARTON.

APPLICATION 'FILED AUG-5,1916.

Patented July 5, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 MATTHEW S. MGGURN, or cHIcAeo, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOII ToPOOLE BROS., on'

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS CARTON.

.Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten .nay 5, Iasi.

Application led August 5, 1916. Serial No. 113,230.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it knownthat I, MATTHEW S. MC- GURN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cartons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cartons, and refers moreparticularly to improvements in a carton in which may be packed ticketsor similar articles.

In many cases it is necessary to supply tickets of similar class inlarge quantities, and in order to facilitate the handling and checkingof the tickets it is desirable to Supply the tickets to the agents orticket sellers in packages each containing a standard number of tickets,so that the labor of counting and checking thetickets may be reduced toa minimum. The station agents or ticket sellers are also required tofurnish at the end of each month accurate reports showing the kind andnumber of tickets which have been sold since the last report, and thenumber of unsold tickets Still on hand The traveling auditor or otheroili- -cial who from time to time checks up the amount of business doneby the agent or 'ticket seller is also required to take an inof thestock when he makes his inof the ticket agents stock, in spite of thevfact that a large proportion of the unsold tickets may be stillcontained in their original packages which are supposed to contain astandard number of tickets. There is also the danger that one or moretickets may have been stolen while the ackages were in transit betweenthe time ofp manufacture of the tickets and when they were delivered tothe agent or ticket seller.

Among the salient objects of my invention are, to provide a vcarton forholding a standard number of tickets, the carton being sealed andconstructed in Such a manner that 1t 1s Impossible to remove any of thetickets from the package Without destroying or so mutilatlng the cartonthat the fact that it has been tampered with will be instantlyrecognized; to provide a carton so constructed that 1t may be openedwithout difliculty in order to remove a portion of the tickets, butwhich may be re-closed in a simple and convenlent manner so as tofurnish a temporary container for such tickets as it is desired to leave1n thepackage; to provide a carton of the character described, soconstructed that the contents may be inspected without 1t bemg necessaryto open or unseal the package;to provide a carton of the class describedwhich may be constructed of paper or other cheap material at a minimumcost, and, in general, to provide an imroved ticket closure of thecharacter reerred to.

In the drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention-Figure l is a perspective View of my improved sealed carton containing aSupply of railroad tickets;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same carton after the seal isbroken;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the Same carton after a portion of thecontentshas been removed, but showing the carton reclosed;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 6-6 I of Fig. 3

Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line 7 7` of Fig. 4;

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the carton with the top cut away; and

Fig. 9 is a .plan view of the blank from which the carton isconstructed.

It is usual to pack tickets, Such as are supplied. to railroads, inquantities of about two hundred and fifty to each package. In order topack a series of two hundred and fifty tickets in my improved carton,the

tickets 2G, after having been properly printed, numbered, and checked,are placed in a pack edgewise upon'the `hase or central portion 21 ofthe blank, designated as a w'hole 22. The integral lend portions 23 and24 of the carton are then bent at right angles of the blank, after whichthe safety ears 25, 26, 27 and 28 are bent at right angles to the endpieces 23 and 24 so that they lie along' the sides of the pack oftickets. The end extensions or safety fla s 29 and 30 are then bent overthe top o the pack of tickets, after which' the sides 31 and 32 are bentup so as to form the actual sides of the package, thereby inclosing andcovering the safety ears 25, 26, 27 and 28. r1`he folding of the blankis completed by bending the side extensions 33 and 34 over the top ofthe carton, thus inclosing and covering the eX- tension flaps 29 and 30.It should be understood that the extensions 29 and-30 are of such lengththat they overlap'at the middle of the package, as is also the case withthe extension flaps 33 and 34. In order to facilitate the subsequentsealing of the package, the extension 29 is bent into position beforethe extension 30, so that at the lap of said parts the extensionI 29 isbelow the eX- tension 30.

Describing the manner in which li prefer to seal the package in order tohold it together and to prevent theft of tickets, 35 is a slot punchedin the rear end piece 23 in such position that the top edge of the slotis coincidentwith the bending line between the end 23 and the extensionlug 29. `Vhile the flaps are temporarily held in position by the fingersof the operator, the package is placed on t-he bed of an ordinarywirestitchingrmachine provided with a special stapling tool of my owninvention, which is described in my accompanying application for LettersPatent of the United States, Serial No. 113,229, Filed August 5, 1916.Said stapling tool is a thin metal blade provided with inclineddepressions so positioned as to register with the points of the staplewhen it is driven down by the stapling head, thereby bending back andcrimping the ends of the staple. Said crimping blade is held on thestapling machine in such position that the pointthereof will enter theslot 35 and slide between the pack of tickets and the members 29and`30of the carton. rial from which the blank is made is flexible enough topermit the thin crimping blade to slide in without distorting orinjuring the shape of the carton. The block of tickets being firmlysupported on the bed or table of the stapling machine, is utilized tosupply the necessary rigidity to the thin crimping blade, whichnecessarily cannot be made of sufficient thickness to resist the forceof the stapling head without additional support.

With my improved method and means of stapling, the operator may insertany desired number of staples. 1n the present case three are insertedfasshown at 36, 37 and 38.' lit will be observed that the staple 36 passesthrough the overlapping parts of It will be understood that the matethetop flaps 33 and 34 and through the member 30 and is crimped on theinside of the latter; the staple 38 passes through the top flaps 33 and34 and the member 29 and is crimped on the inside of said member 29, andthe staple 37 is so positioned in the middle of the package that itpasses through both overlapping ends ofthe safety members 29 and 30. Thesealing of the package is then complete and it will be found impossibleto open the carton or extract a ticket therefrom without cutting orotherwise mutilating the package.

1n order to facilitate thechecking of the tickets and to permitinspection of the contents of the carton, there are punched or cut inthe end piece 24 of the carton a pair of apertures 39 and 40, theaperture 39 being of large area in order to expose the route dataprinted on the face of the ticket, and the small aperture 40 to displaythe serial number of the ticket. Such apertures do not detract from thethief-proof character of the carton.

In order to open the package, a knife or other sharp cutting instrumentis utilized to cut the top fiap 33 longiudinally along the line 41,which is preferably printed on the outside of the carton so as to form acutting guide. The cutting line is so positioned that excess pressure ofthe cutting tool will not spoil the package, but will simply mark orscore the end of the lower flap 34. After the flap 33 has been cutlongitudinally along the cutting line 41, it may be lifted or bent back,as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, thereby permitting the Vremoval of any numberof.

while at the same time the 'connective portion of the flap 33 isinserted between the pack of tickets and the inner lugs 29 and 30, asshown in Figs. 3 and 6.- 'llhe carton may then be replaced in the safeor other place utilized for storing the main stock of tickets.'

1t will be readily understood that besides the features speciallyreferred to, my improved carton possesses other advantages which will bemanifest to those skilled in the art. The cartons are not necessarilylimited to the putting up of railroad tickets but may be used for otherpurposes.

The structural details herein describedmerely illustrate a preferredembodiment of my invention, the scope of which must be incensedetermined by reference to the' appended claims.

l claim@- l. rJlhe combination of a pack of rectan.

gular tickets and a safety display inclosing jacket therefor, comprisinga single paper blank having a base extending over the edges of all ofthe tickets in the pack, a pair of end pieces integrally connected tosaid base and having at their free edges inner safety members extendingfrom the end pieces along and over the pack, said end pieces coveringthe e'nds of the pack and one of said end pieces being suitablyapertured to display matter printed on the face of one of theend'tickets ofthe pack, base extensions forming exterior opposed sidesof the jacket and overlying the correspondingly located pairs of safetymembers and having extension aps overlying the other l vpair of safetymembers, and U-shaped staple members extending from the exterior to the'interior of the jacket and having their points clenched on the insideof the jacket for permanently securing together said last-named safetymembers and the said extension flaps.

2. The combination of a ack of rectangular tickets and a safety displaycontainer therefor, comprising a paper blank provided with a basesupporting a pack of tickets in edgevvise relatlon, a pair of end piecesintegrally connected to said base and having at their unconnected edgesinner safety members integral with said end pieces and extending fromthe latter alon the pack and overlying the edges ofI said 'tickets notsupported by the base, said end pieces covering the ends of the pack andone of said end pieces being suitably apertnred to display a portion ofthe face of tickets of the pack, extensions of the sides of the basefolded around the pack. overlapping each other and overlying the safetymembers, and means passing through the overlapping portions of saidextensions and uniting said overlapping portions to a pair of opposedsafety members for permanently uniting together said four last namedparts.

3.l rlhe combination of a i ack of rectangular tickets and a safetydisplay inclosing jacket therefor, comprising a single paper blankhaving a base extendin over the edges of all of the tickets in t e pack,a

said base and having at their free edges inner safety members extendingfrom the end pieces alongy and over the pack, said end pieces coveringthe ends of the pack and one of said end pieces Abeing suitablyapertured to display matter printed on the face of one of the endtickets of. the pack, base extensions forming exterior opposed sides ofthe jacket and overlying the correspondingly located pairs of safetymembers and having extension daps overlying the other pair of safetymembers, and means for permanently securing together said last-namedsafety memberso and the said extension daps.

4. The combination of a pack of tickets, and a safety carton therefor,comprising a sheet material blank With a central base and,

opposite end and side deps, each pair of which are fcldable over thetickets until they overlap on the side opposite the base, and a commonmetallic fastening device inserted from the outside 'through all theoverlapping llaps, and clenched on the inside so that tickets cannot beremoved Without breaking the carton.

5. ln a carton for tickets, a blank having end and side naps foldableover the tickets and overlapping at a common point with a slit forremovably inserting a thin stapling anvil between the overlapped dapsand tickets contained in the carton, and a fastening staple insertiblefrom the outside through the flaps at the common point and clenched onthe inside to prevent access to the interior Without breaking thecarton.

6. The combination of a pack of tickets, and a safety carton therefor,comprising a sheet ,material blank formed with a base extending over theedges of the ticket pack and with integral end.y and side flaps foldableover the tickets and all overlapping at the center of the opposite side,the blank being provided with a straight slit at the edge for removablyinserting a thin stapling anvil between the ticket pack and theoverlapping edges, and a fastening staple insertible from the outsidethrough the four overlapping deps and clenched on the inside, the' packof tickets actin as a backing for a cleric-hing anvil inserte throughsaid 1a. i' aiar'rnn s. nicotina.

